OVC announces TV package on FOX College Sports including one Tech game

Sep 13, 2012

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- The Ohio Valley Conference announced Thursday
a six-game football television package that will air on FOX College
Sports (FCS) this fall, including Tennessee Tech's regular season
finale at Austin Peay on November 17.

The six-game schedule will feature each of the nine OVC
football-playing institutions at least once during the season and
will start with a Sept. 29 contest between Eastern Kentucky and UT
Martin.

Other games in the package include Tennessee State at
Jacksonville State (Oct. 20), Eastern Illinois at Eastern Kentucky
(Oct. 27), Tennessee State at Murray State (Nov. 3), Southeast
Missouri at Eastern Illinois (Nov. 10) and Tennessee
Tech at Austin Peay (Nov. 17).

"We are delighted about our FOX College Sports partnership because
it allows us to demonstrate our commitment to being a strong
football conference and showcase our brand to a national
audience,” said OVC Commissioner Beth DeBauche.

Kevin Ingram, host of “The Wake Up Zone” on 104.5
The Zone in Nashville, will handle play-by-play duties while and
Bob Belvin, host of “The Team” on Sports Radio 540 The
Fan in Clarksville, will provide analysis.

“FOX College Sports is excited to give every
football-playing school in the Ohio Valley Conference national
exposure during this six-game schedule,” said Gary Ehrlich,
Executive Vice President, FOX Sports Networks. “The slate is
full of interesting match-ups and we look forward to some thrilling
OVC games this fall on FCS.”

FOX College Sports (FCS) is a set of three national college
sports Networks, FCS Atlantic, FCS Central and FCS Pacific,
providing 72-hours of college sports programming each day. FCS
showcases over 800 NCAA live events each year featuring football,
men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball,
volleyball and more.

FCS is seen by viewers in the nation’s 25 largest cities,
including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas and
Atlanta.

FCS is available on most major TV providers including AT&T
U-verse, Charter, Comcast, DirecTV, Time Warner Cable and Verizon
FiOS. For complete TV provider information and availability log
onto http://fcs.channelfinder.net/start.asp